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asculta
to listen /askulˈta/
verb#189 most common
Also: to listen to, to obey, to hear out
Example sentences
Eu ascult muzică.
I listen to music.
Copilul ascultă de mama lui.
The child obeys his mother.
Îmi place să ascult radio dimineața.
I like listening to the radio in the morning.
Profesorul ne-a cerut să ascultăm cu atenție.
The teacher asked us to listen carefully.
Ea a ascultat toată discuția fără să spună nimic.
She listened to the whole discussion without saying a word.
Dacă m-ai fi ascultat, nu am fi ajuns aici.
If you had listened to me, we would not have ended up here.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | ascult | ascultai | voi asculta |
| 2sg | asculți | ascultași | vei asculta |
| 3sg | ascultă | ascultă | va asculta |
| 1pl | ascultăm | ascultarăm | vom asculta |
| 2pl | ascultați | ascultarăți | veți asculta |
| 3pl | ascultă | ascultară | vor asculta |
Word family
ascultarethe act of listening, or obedience
ascultătorobedient, attentive
neascultaredisobedience
ascultătorlistener
Etymology
Asculta comes from Latin auscultare, meaning to listen attentively. Latin grammarians linked auscultare to auris, the word for ear, joined to a verb root tied to hearing. The word passed into Romanian through spoken Latin with almost no change in meaning, unlike its English relative, which took on a narrow medical sense.
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